Rolled edge securing means



Oct. 3l, 1950 a l. AxLRoD l 2,527,9031

RoLLED EDGE SECURING mams Filed April 18, 1949 Inventor 28 Edward 1. Ax/md, aeeeeeed,

by Eve/yn 5. AX/lvd,Adm/hislrar/Lr.

Patented Oct. 31, 1950 ROLLED EDGE SECURING MEANS Edward I. Axlrod', deceased, late of Miami, Fla., by Evelyn S. Axlrod, administratrix, Miami, Fla.

- Application April 18, 1949, Serial N o. 88,205

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to new and useful irnprovements and structural refinements in the fabrication of upholstered furniture such as chairs, davenports, chesterelds, etc., and in particular the invention concerns itself with means for securing the rolled edge to the fabric of the spring frame. In accordance with conventional practice, this rolled edge was stitched along its entire length to the fabric of the spring frame, this being a tedious procedure'involving substantial cost in production and considerably limiting the output of a Worker in a given period of time.

It is therefore, the principal object of this invention to eliminate the procedure of stitching the rolled edge and its attendant disadvantages, this object being achieved by the provision of a hook-shaped Wire rod whereby the rolled edge may be firmly, conveniently and expeditiously secured to the fabric of the spring frame.

An important feature of the invention resides in the particular configuration of the Wire rod which facilitates convenient and expeditious installation thereof, and another feature lies in the provision of means on the wire rod, for securing the same to the fabric of the spring frame.

Some of the advantages of the invention lie in its simplicity of construction, in its convenient and expeditious use, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in View and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the construction and arrangement of parts as shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View showing a portion of a fabric covered spring frame together with a portion of the rolled edgeretained thereon by means of the invention.

Figure 2 is a, cross sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 2-2 in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the invention per se. l

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specifications and throughout the several views. Y

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the general reference character I designates the spring frame of an upholstered article of furniture such as a chair, davenport, or the like, this frame being covered by a 4sheet of fabric i2 and containing a plurality of coil springs I4, as Will be clearly apparent. A rolled edge I6, containing suitable packing I8, is positioned on the forward upper edge portion of the frame I 0, and was conventionally stitched there to along its entire length.

However, this stitching is eliminated by the use of the invention, the same consisting of a hookshaped wire rod 20, one end portion of which is arcuated so as to form an eye or loop 22, adapted to be secured by stitching 24 to the fabric I2 on top of the spring frame I0.

An intermediate portion of the rod 20 is arcuated upwardly and forwardly as at 2G and then downwardly as at 28, so that it extends around the rolled edge It as is shown in Figure 2. The remaining end portion of the rod 2B is arcuated rearwardly as at 28 and terminates in an upturned, pointed extremity 3U, the rod portion 28 being adapted for insertion into the frame IIJ and the extremity 3B being intended to engage one of the coils of the spring I4, substantially as shown.

By virtue of this arrangement the rod 20 is firmly held in position and thereby serves to secure the rolled edge I6 to the frame IQ, this being .accomplished by simply stitching the eye 22 to the fabric I2 and engaging the extremity 3B with the spring I4, without the conventionally experienced'necessity of stitching the entire length of the rolled edge to the spring frame fabric.

Needless to say, several of the rods 20 are employed for retaining the rolled edge in position,

` the rods being applied to the rolled edge at longitudinally spaced points and after this work is completed the rolled edge as well as the rods are effectively covered by .an additional sheet of fabric as indicated by the line 32.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly, further description at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minoi changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

In an upholstered furniture structure including a fabric covered spring frame and a rolled edge provided at the forward upper edge of said frame, means for securing said rolled edge in position, comprising a wire rod provided at one end thereof with an eye lying atly on the fabric at the top of said frame, stitching securing said eye to said fabric, an intermediate portion of said rod being arcuated upwardly and forwardly and then downwardly to extend around said rolled edge, and the remainingl end portion of the rod being arcuated rearwardly to extend into said invention, what is 4 frame and terminating in an upwardly directed pointed extremity, said last mentioned portion of the rod extending into said frame and engaging one of the springs of the latter.

EVELYN S. AXLROD,

Administratria: of the Estate of Edward I. Alrod,

Deceased.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS lName Date Hampton l May 17, 1910.

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